Abenaki Wild Harvests for Food & Medicine
With the waxing of Sogalikas, the “sugarmaker” moon, the traditional Abenaki season for gathering wild edible and medicinal plants begins. Abenaki subsistence practices have been handed down through countless generations. This glimpse into the traditional wild harvest draws upon extensive first-hand observations, oral tradition, archaeological site reports, observations recorded in the journals of early explorers, …